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Question: Camp ABC is a family
camp that hosts thirty-five families each
week for ten weeks. It never operates as
a "full residential camp." The
parents are in attendance at camp the entire
week, and the families
stay together in individual cabins. This
model works great for the camp but has
been problematic in the past when scoring
the HW section of the Standards.
The camp technically doesn't fit any of
the modes of operation when scoring this
section. During each of the camp’s
previous visits, this section has been
problematic for the visitors (and the director)
since the "rules" slightly when
the parents are there all week! Does this
camp have a unique structure that might
warrant an "exemption certificate" from
the section standards chairs for that particular
section?
ACA: If you look at the applicability
boxes on pages 91 and 117 in the Accreditation
Process Guide (APG), it clarifies that
only standards HW-23 thru HW-25 would apply
to family camps—therefore the camp
could DNA the rest of the HW section.
"The majority of the Health and
Wellness standards are applicable only
to day, resident, and trip/travel programs.
The health needs of short-term residential
programs, family camp programs, and rentals
to user groups are addressed in Standards
HW-23 through HW-25" (APG, p. 91).
"Standards HW-23 through HW-25 DO
NOT APPLY if camps DO
NOT operate short-term
residential programs, family camps, or
provide facilities to user groups" (APG,
p.117).
Question: Camp XYZ runs
a resident camp that takes its campers
to a nearby metro park to go swimming.
The camp pays a fee to be in the park,
and there is a park ranger on duty. The
camp provides lifeguards for the swimming
activities at the beach. Should this
camp score the staffed public facility
standards for the PA section since they
are at a public park? How should this camp
score the aquatics section of the standards?
ACA: Since Camp XYZ is providing
the lifeguards that are supervising and
conducting the swimming activities, regardless
of the swimming location, Camp XYZ will
score PA-1 to PA-19 related to overall
aquatics management and swimming activities.
Question: Camp LMNOP is a day camp
located exactly two minutes from the local
fire department. In
consultation with the camp board and local
fire chief the camp has determined that
there is no need for an Automated External
Defibrillator (AED) on camp property. How
should HW- 17—Availability of an AED be
scored for camp LMNOP?
ACA: Since the camp has assessed
the need for an AED at the camp location
and made a determination for their operation,
the standards would be scored a YES.
Question: Camp QRS uses the "I
Spy Company" to run all their new
staff reference checks and background checks
including a sex offender check. Camp
QRS also requires all staff to complete
a voluntary disclosure statement. Can
Camp QRS score HR-4A a yes?
ACA: Based solely on the information
in the question, the answer would be a
NO. HR-4A specifically requires that all
staff—paid, volunteer, and contracted
have a signed voluntary disclosure and
a check of the National Sex Offender Public
Registry (NSOPR) (www.nsopr.gov) on an
annual basis. Unless the camp can show
that "I Spy Company" is doing
NSOPR checks and that the camp is doing
these checks annually—not just for
new staff—then the standard would
be scored a NO.
FYI: The FBI biometric (fingerprints)
criminal records checks include a check
of the NSOPR. If a camp is using
any other company or service to complete
a sex offender registry check, then the
camp would need written evidence that an
NSOPR (specifically) check was part of
the checking process in order to be in
compliance with the standard.
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